The Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers held a meeting titled, “New Trains for Wisconsin: How to Advocate for Them,” at Monona Terrace Oct. 25, discussing the benefits of creating new train ...

Explore the abolitionist movement and what still remains of Wisconsin’s Underground Railroad. In the wake of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, freedom seekers began fleeing North, following Wisconsin’s ...

Wisconsin's train transport industry faces reliability and safety problems brought on by the harsh winter, congestion and federal limits on crews' hours, the state's top railroad official told the ...

Northwest Wisconsin is home to 12 scenic counties dotted with forest, sparkling lakes and rivers, and miles of trails. At the heart of this rugged, natural landscape in Washburn County, Spooner is a ...

WAUWATOSA (WITI) -- Train horns are still blaring in Wauwatosa three months after the city missed a key federal deadline. Wauwatosa is one of four Wisconsin communities that are fighting to restore ...

MADISON — Governor Scott Walker's office says Railroad Commissioner Jeff Plale has resigned. Walker's office issued a news release Tuesday, January 5th saying Plale quit Monday. The release didn't ...

For almost two years before her husband's death in December, Linda Weinfurtner worried about whether ambulances could reach their Auburndale home in an emergency. Linda and her husband, Bob, lived in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As one of the oldest model railroad clubs in Southeast Wisconsin, the O-scale 2-rail layout at the Model Railroad Club of ...

Wisconsin's effort to tax a railroad's custom software has been ruled unlawful by a federal appeals court. Union Pacific Railroad Co. refused to pay more than $2.6 million Wisconsin claimed it owed on ...

Take a step back in time to an era when trains dominated central and northcentral Wisconsin.

Wisconsin's Underground Railroad is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, ...